The battle between television companies this season promises to be just as intense as the ones on the pitch.

This season sees the Champions League and Europa League move to BT Sport while Sky Sports and their rivals enter the last season of their current Premier League deal.

Ahead of the new campaign, Sportsmail outlines where you can watch the live action.

Barclays Premier League

Sky are broadcasting the majority of the games - 116 matches - while BT Sport will broadcast 38. The BBC still provide free to air highlights with Match of the Day.

Arsenal and Chelsea kicked off the season in the Community Shield, which was shown by BT Sport

Champions League

BT Sport is the only place you can watch the Champions League - matches will no longer be available on ITV or Sky Sports. Every game will also be broadcast live on BTSport.com and on the BT Sport App. ITV will show highlights until 2018.

Football League

Sky Sports dominate on this, showing 112 live matches from the Championship, League One, League Two and exclusive coverage of the Play-Offs.

FA Cup

BT Sport will show 25 live games. They will share the coverage with the BBC, who will broadcast 16. Both channels will show the final live.

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Sky Sports and BT Sport will share coverage of the Premier League this season

The battle between broadcasters Sky Sports and BT Sport has turned into a rivalry between the companies

League Cup

Sky Sports will exclusively screen two live matches from the first round to the fifth round, both legs of each semi-final and the final.

Europa League

BT Sport Europe holds exclusive rights along with the Champions League. ITV will show highlights until 2018.

Euro 2016 qualifiers

Qualifiers are shown on ITV and Sky Sports. ITV will show every England home and away matches and Sky Sports have exclusive rights to Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland qualifiers.

Foreign leagues

If you want to see Ronaldo, Messi and Bale in Spain, you’ll need to tune in to Sky Sports. The Italian, German and French leagues are on BT Sport.